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"The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction. You look at the world around you, and take it apart into its components. Then you take some of those components, throw them away, and plug in different ones, start it up and see what happens."
- Frederik Pohl
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| Neural Cut Out Chip | ||
| An electronic device which, when implanted in the brain of the subject, allows software to take over that person's body.. |
A person with a neural cut out chip can "rent" his or her body to another person; software controls the rented person's movements.
| The corridor lights were blue. Case stepped out of the elevator and chose a direction at random. Numbered doors. A hush like the halls of an expensive clinic.
He found his cubicle. He'd been looking for Molly's, now, confused, he raised his chip and placed it against a black sensor set directly beneath the number plate. Magnetic locks. The sound reminded him of Cheap Hotel. The girl sat up in bed and said something in German. Her eyes were soft and unblinking. Automatic pilot. A neural cut out. He backed out of the cubicle and closed the door. |
| From Neuromancer,
by William Gibson. Published by Phantasia Press in 1984 Additional resources -
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